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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Mixed Up Cherub

It started life like the piece next to it. I have quite a few of these wood plaques. They're nice, but,

I envisioned an angel or cherub.

I flipped the plaque upside down, and molded a cherub head out of clay. After I attached the head, I went over the entire piece with a white paint and plaster mixture several times.

Then I painted it an aqua-like color, and went over it again with the paint/plaster mix. THEN, I sanded it a bit. THEN, I dirtied it up with a mix of dye and coffee. I do like my mixes. I banged it around, took a blow dryer to it, etc.

Hi Rosemary, I got a kick out of Donna asking if you wear your tiara's when you are creating...do you? Your clay cherubs are lovely, I just adore the treatment and color, are you gonna be selling them? I think those wood plaques are pretty even as they are, if you plastered and painted them like you do. Still am just in awe of what you do with what you pull in from that garage, it's like magic! Hope you leg is still doing good.Hugs,Pendra

Love the plaque Rosemary and the tiaras are gorgeous! I'm thinking about making some molds and I bought some clay going to try different types of molds until I find the easiest. Have a great rest of the week. Hugs, Peggy~PJH Designs.

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